Segway, Concerned Citizens
Take Fight to the Sidewalks

By

Stephanie miles The Wall Street Journal Online

Updated Oct. 15, 2002 6:07 p.m. ET

SAN FRANCISCO -- Jeanne Lynch says she can live with the bicyclists and skateboarders who zip past her on the sidewalks outside her home. But the prospect of Segway scooters zooming by has her worried.

"It scares the living you-know-what out of me," says the 72-year-old, self-described "big mouth senior," who is part of a campaign by San Francisco senior-citizen and disabled groups to keep the scooters off city...